Multiple roles for small RNAs during plant reproduction

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-593

  Van Ex, Frédéric ^a   Jacob, Yannick ^a   Martienssen, Robert A ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEIOSIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053915899     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.07.003     Document Type: Review

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